Its story

HIP 42590 has a visual magnitude of about 7.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42590: right ascension 8h 40m 50s, declination +40° 1′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42590. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42590, HD 73637, Gaia DR3 911585952215247360. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.