Its story

HIP 42993 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42993: right ascension 8h 45m 46s, declination +19° 2′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42993. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42993, HD 74656, Gaia DR3 661051679386429952. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.