Its story

HIP 74942 has a visual magnitude of about 7.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74942: right ascension 15h 18m 50s, declination +74° 51′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 74942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74942, HD 137292, Gaia DR3 1700787331022187008. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.