Its story

HIP 42316 has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42316: right ascension 8h 37m 40s, declination −46° 16′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 42316. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42316, HD 73658, Gaia DR3 5521677923616934784. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.