Its story

HIP 42209 has a visual magnitude of about 7.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42209: right ascension 8h 36m 22s, declination +17° 17′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42209. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42209, Gaia DR3 659238107973133312. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.