Its story

HIP 105042 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 105042: right ascension 21h 16m 36s, declination −14° 49′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Capricornus constellation (IAU figure Cap).

HIP 105042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 105042, HD 202495, Gaia DR3 6884440535169053696. In the SkyKeepsake Capricornus (Cap) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.