Its story

HIP 42837 has a visual magnitude of about 6.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42837: right ascension 8h 43m 41s, declination +9° 20′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42837. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42837, HD 74330, Gaia DR3 597974900619913600. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.