Its story

HIP 42994 has a visual magnitude of about 7.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42994: right ascension 8h 45m 47s, declination +48° 52′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42994. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42994, HD 74389, Gaia DR3 1015082573717077504. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.