Its story

HIP 44142 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44142: right ascension 8h 59m 24s, declination +45° 44′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 44142. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44142, HD 76704, Gaia DR3 1010576156591116672. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.