Its story

HIP 42943 has a visual magnitude of about 7.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42943: right ascension 8h 45m 12s, declination +15° 20′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42943. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42943, HD 74567, Gaia DR3 609975589001264640. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.