Its story

HIP 35242 has a visual magnitude of about 7.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 35242: right ascension 7h 16m 57s, declination −30° 54′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 35242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 35242, Gaia DR3 5605227029061895168. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.