Its story

HIP 42871 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42871: right ascension 8h 44m 10s, declination +36° 55′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42871, HD 74243, Gaia DR3 718117539756671232. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.