Its story

HIP 42517 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 42517: right ascension 8h 40m 7s, declination −32° 16′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42517. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42517, HD 73982, Gaia DR3 5639488154981179392. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.