Its story

HIP 42166 has a visual magnitude of about 6.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42166: right ascension 8h 35m 46s, declination −28° 28′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42166. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42166, HD 73116, Gaia DR3 5645610029558305792. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.