Its story

HIP 42983 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42983: right ascension 8h 45m 38s, declination +37° 17′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42983. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42983, HD 74483, Gaia DR3 718152655409236224. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.