Its story

HIP 42462 has a visual magnitude of about 6.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42462: right ascension 8h 39m 25s, declination +8° 1′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42462. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42462, HD 73599, Gaia DR3 596323846472099328. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.