Its story

HIP 42403 has a visual magnitude of about 6.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42403: right ascension 8h 38m 45s, declination +23° 41′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42403. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42403, HD 73344, Gaia DR3 666427539629086976. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.