Its story

HIP 42882 has a visual magnitude of about 7.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42882: right ascension 8h 44m 23s, declination +62° 26′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42882. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42882, Gaia DR3 1042292531566930048. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.