Its story

HIP 42222 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42222: right ascension 8h 36m 31s, declination +11° 42′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42222. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42222, HD 73046, Gaia DR3 601781134997618304. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.