Its story

HIP 42562 has a visual magnitude of about 6.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42562: right ascension 8h 40m 34s, declination +33° 16′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42562. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42562, HD 73638, Gaia DR3 710295785835867136. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.