Its story

HIP 42191 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42191: right ascension 8h 36m 10s, declination −56° 42′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 42191. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42191, HD 73504, Gaia DR3 5315266743161392640. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.