Its story

HIP 42153 has a visual magnitude of about 7.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42153: right ascension 8h 35m 33s, declination +49° 15′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42153. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42153, HD 72558, Gaia DR3 1026983721935724544. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.