Its story

HIP 41861 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41861: right ascension 8h 32m 5s, declination −53° 12′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 41861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41861, HD 72737, Gaia DR3 5321120646149515520. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.