Its story

HIP 42900 has a visual magnitude of about 6.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42900: right ascension 8h 44m 32s, declination −47° 59′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 42900. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42900, HD 74853, Gaia DR3 5329132924828060672. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.