Its story

HIP 42936 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42936: right ascension 8h 45m 6s, declination −58° 43′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 42936. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42936, HD 75086, Gaia DR3 5302669707156440576. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.