Its story

HIP 1042 has a visual magnitude of about 7.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 1042: right ascension 0h 13m 1s, declination +62° 43′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 1042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1042, HD 841, Gaia DR3 431305705415551872. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.