Its story

HIP 42548 has a visual magnitude of about 7.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42548: right ascension 8h 40m 22s, declination +59° 35′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42548. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42548, HD 73246, Gaia DR3 1040831589852468992. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.