Its story

HIP 42998 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42998: right ascension 8h 45m 48s, declination +43° 38′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42998. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42998, HD 74463, Gaia DR3 914058689442396416. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.