Its story

HIP 36042 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 36042: right ascension 7h 25m 39s, declination +7° 33′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 36042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 36042, HD 58368, Gaia DR3 3142845346803430912. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.