Its story

HIP 42307 has a visual magnitude of about 7.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42307: right ascension 8h 37m 32s, declination −30° 29′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42307. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42307, HD 73457, Gaia DR3 5640729984646582272. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.