Its story

HIP 42109 has a visual magnitude of about 8.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42109: right ascension 8h 35m 1s, declination +50° 28′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42109. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42109, HD 72440, Gaia DR3 1027292203666419328. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.