Its story

HIP 42970 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42970: right ascension 8h 45m 29s, declination +18° 49′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42970. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42970, HD 74607, Gaia DR3 660949807058832256. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.