Its story

HIP 42812 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 42812: right ascension 8h 43m 25s, declination +48° 51′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42812. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42812, HD 74010, Gaia DR3 1014716706927089920. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.