Its story

HIP 42298 has a visual magnitude of about 7.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42298: right ascension 8h 37m 26s, declination +20° 29′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42298. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42298, HD 73142, Gaia DR3 664413371765987712. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.