Its story

HIP 41236 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41236: right ascension 8h 24m 53s, declination −23° 41′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 41236. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41236, HD 71142, Gaia DR3 5696595792492970496. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.