Its story

HIP 41342 has a visual magnitude of about 7.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41342: right ascension 8h 26m 6s, declination +28° 37′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 41342. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41342, HD 71008, Gaia DR3 707393556172819456. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.