Its story

HIP 42194 has a visual magnitude of about 7.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42194: right ascension 8h 36m 12s, declination +7° 43′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42194. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42194, HD 73002, Gaia DR3 596241898496388992. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.