Its story

HIP 42503 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42503: right ascension 8h 39m 56s, declination +32° 43′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42503. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42503, HD 73508, Gaia DR3 710242803119529728. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.