Its story

HIP 42824 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42824: right ascension 8h 43m 34s, declination +36° 42′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42824. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42824, HD 74152, Gaia DR3 717736284099784832. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.