Its story

HIP 42622 has a visual magnitude of about 8.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42622: right ascension 8h 41m 10s, declination −57° 28′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 42622. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42622, HD 74404, Gaia DR3 5314994510947549184. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.