Its story

HIP 42598 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42598: right ascension 8h 40m 55s, declination +16° 29′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42598. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42598, HD 73821, Gaia DR3 658372964120552064. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.