Its story

HIP 23842 has a visual magnitude of about 8.58: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23842: right ascension 5h 7m 35s, declination −24° 7′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 23842. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23842, Gaia DR3 2959926159999816704. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.