Its story

HIP 104642 has a visual magnitude of about 6.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 104642: right ascension 21h 11m 48s, declination +59° 59′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Cepheus constellation (IAU figure Cep).

HIP 104642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 104642, HD 202214, Gaia DR3 2192287033139966848. In the SkyKeepsake Cepheus (Cep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.