Its story

HIP 42243 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 42243: right ascension 8h 36m 43s, declination +25° 56′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42243. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42243, HD 72982, Gaia DR3 702892086848575104. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.