Its story

HIP 42573 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42573: right ascension 8h 40m 41s, declination +60° 37′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42573. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42573, HD 73293, Gaia DR3 1041662648844142848. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.