Its story

HIP 42468 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42468: right ascension 8h 39m 30s, declination +44° 17′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42468. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42468, HD 73310, Gaia DR3 917327606231256832. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.