Its story

HIP 42083 has a visual magnitude of about 7.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42083: right ascension 8h 34m 39s, declination +21° 29′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42083. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42083, HD 72615, Gaia DR3 665549339075127552. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.