Its story

HIP 115042 has a visual magnitude of about 7.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 115042: right ascension 23h 18m 0s, declination −48° 6′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Grus constellation (IAU figure Gru).

HIP 115042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 115042, HD 219665, Gaia DR3 6527064862043402240. In the SkyKeepsake Grus (Gru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.