Its story

HIP 36342 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 36342: right ascension 7h 28m 48s, declination −29° 30′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 36342. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 36342, HD 59463, Gaia DR3 5611558841652286464. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.