Its story

HIP 42308 has a visual magnitude of about 7.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42308: right ascension 8h 37m 33s, declination +6° 43′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42308. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42308, HD 73229, Gaia DR3 595006558526516352. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.