Its story

HIP 42440 has a visual magnitude of about 6.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42440: right ascension 8h 39m 13s, declination −60° 19′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 42440. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42440, HD 74148, Gaia DR3 5302069438230972928. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.