Its story

HIP 42197 has a visual magnitude of about 6.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42197: right ascension 8h 36m 16s, declination +42° 34′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42197. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42197, HD 72778, Gaia DR3 916566641104578688. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.