Its story

HIP 42053 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42053: right ascension 8h 34m 19s, declination +23° 58′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42053. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42053, HD 72544, Gaia DR3 678402522628556672. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.