Its story

HIP 42734 has a visual magnitude of about 7.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42734: right ascension 8h 42m 31s, declination +34° 11′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42734. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42734, HD 74011, Gaia DR3 711192403208467968. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.