Its story

HIP 42261 has a visual magnitude of about 7.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42261: right ascension 8h 37m 3s, declination +55° 50′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42261. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42261, HD 72720, Gaia DR3 1031135610985467648. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.