Its story

HIP 42356 has a visual magnitude of about 7.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42356: right ascension 8h 38m 8s, declination +26° 2′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42356. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42356, HD 73226, Gaia DR3 702798559642115584. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.