Its story

HIP 41882 has a visual magnitude of about 6.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41882: right ascension 8h 32m 23s, declination −49° 36′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 41882. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41882, HD 72754, Gaia DR3 5323025172085847168. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.