Its story

HIP 42677 has a visual magnitude of about 7.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42677: right ascension 8h 41m 54s, declination +62° 12′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42677. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42677, HD 73483, Gaia DR3 1042452613588427776. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.