Its story

HIP 42245 has a visual magnitude of about 7.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42245: right ascension 8h 36m 46s, declination −52° 30′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 42245. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42245, HD 73569, Gaia DR3 5321212386648498176. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.