Its story

HIP 42550 has a visual magnitude of about 7.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42550: right ascension 8h 40m 23s, declination +51° 45′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42550. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42550, HD 73394, Gaia DR3 1027842543595658624. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.