Its story

HIP 42447 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42447: right ascension 8h 39m 16s, declination +44° 14′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42447. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42447, HD 73277, Gaia DR3 917327262633871872. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.