Its story

HIP 42988 has a visual magnitude of about 7.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42988: right ascension 8h 45m 44s, declination −52° 58′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 42988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42988, HD 75105, Gaia DR3 5318323935248518144. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.