Its story

HIP 42976 has a visual magnitude of about 7.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42976: right ascension 8h 45m 31s, declination +28° 26′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42976. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42976, HD 74546, Gaia DR3 705126839936477696. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.