Its story

HIP 42236 has a visual magnitude of about 7.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42236: right ascension 8h 36m 40s, declination −60° 19′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 42236. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42236, HD 73701, Gaia DR3 5302090127088860160. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.