Its story

HIP 42182 has a visual magnitude of about 7.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42182: right ascension 8h 36m 2s, declination +30° 1′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42182. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42182, HD 72823, Gaia DR3 707830470310008064. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.