Its story

HIP 42023 has a visual magnitude of about 7.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42023: right ascension 8h 33m 58s, declination +10° 35′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42023. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42023, HD 72583, Gaia DR3 601537868050206336. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.