Its story

HIP 42860 has a visual magnitude of about 7.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42860: right ascension 8h 44m 2s, declination −30° 14′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42860. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42860, HD 74632, Gaia DR3 5642006380205634560. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.