Its story

HIP 42393 has a visual magnitude of about 8.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42393: right ascension 8h 38m 40s, declination +53° 43′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42393. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42393, HD 233553, Gaia DR3 1030259819909488896. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.