Its story

HIP 42242 has a visual magnitude of about 7.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42242: right ascension 8h 36m 43s, declination −47° 59′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 42242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42242, HD 73478, Gaia DR3 5329253454477145088. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.