Its story

HIP 42383 has a visual magnitude of about 7.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42383: right ascension 8h 38m 29s, declination +14° 51′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42383. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42383, HD 73347, Gaia DR3 657541630249954944. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.