Its story

HIP 42971 has a visual magnitude of about 7.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42971: right ascension 8h 45m 30s, declination +38° 21′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42971. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42971, HD 74440, Gaia DR3 910452634902145536. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.