Its story

HIP 42164 has a visual magnitude of about 7.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42164: right ascension 8h 35m 45s, declination +19° 46′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42164. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42164, HD 72846, Gaia DR3 662849900590743936. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.