Its story

HIP 42058 has a visual magnitude of about 7.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42058: right ascension 8h 34m 23s, declination +18° 23′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42058. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42058, HD 72604, Gaia DR3 659607612599090560. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.