Its story

HIP 42324 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 42324: right ascension 8h 37m 43s, declination +52° 1′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42324. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42324, HD 72923, Gaia DR3 1027890406711141248. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.