Its story

HIP 42420 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 42420: right ascension 8h 39m 1s, declination −29° 20′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42420. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42420, HD 73753, Gaia DR3 5645305808441147392. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.