Its story

HIP 42740 has a visual magnitude of about 7.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42740: right ascension 8h 42m 38s, declination −37° 22′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42740. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42740, HD 74417, Gaia DR3 5529291182637390848. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.