Its story

HIP 42693 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 42693: right ascension 8h 42m 6s, declination +59° 1′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42693. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42693, HD 73614, Gaia DR3 1040664361005564160. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.