Its story

HIP 42578 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42578: right ascension 8h 40m 43s, declination +19° 43′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42578. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42578, HD 73785, Gaia DR3 661300551269631360. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.