Its story

HIP 42628 has a visual magnitude of about 6.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42628: right ascension 8h 41m 15s, declination +20° 28′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42628. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42628, HD 73871, Gaia DR3 664434709163190656. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.