Its story

HIP 42499 has a visual magnitude of about 7.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42499: right ascension 8h 39m 51s, declination +11° 31′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42499. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42499, HD 73667, Gaia DR3 602079652404802688. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.