Its story

HIP 42390 has a visual magnitude of about 8.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42390: right ascension 8h 38m 38s, declination −46° 46′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 42390. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42390, HD 73847, Gaia DR3 5521583292597594112. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.