Its story

HIP 42059 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42059: right ascension 8h 34m 23s, declination −82° 33′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 42059. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42059, HD 75001, Gaia DR3 5195281437259046528. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.