Its story

HIP 42625 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42625: right ascension 8h 41m 14s, declination −27° 26′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42625. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42625, HD 74126, Gaia DR3 5646147450233946112. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.