Its story

HIP 42485 has a visual magnitude of about 6.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42485: right ascension 8h 39m 43s, declination +19° 46′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42485. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42485, HD 73575, Gaia DR3 661311443306610688. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.