Its story

HIP 42012 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 42012: right ascension 8h 33m 46s, declination +14° 40′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42012. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42012, HD 72504, Gaia DR3 651574615005581824. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.