Its story

HIP 42301 has a visual magnitude of about 7.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42301: right ascension 8h 37m 29s, declination +47° 7′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42301. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42301, HD 72963, Gaia DR3 918448833213111552. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.