Its story

HIP 42211 has a visual magnitude of about 7.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42211: right ascension 8h 36m 22s, declination +28° 42′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42211. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42211, HD 72907, Gaia DR3 704594130850082432. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.