Its story

HIP 42851 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42851: right ascension 8h 43m 55s, declination +45° 27′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42851. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42851, HD 74132, Gaia DR3 917317057791505920. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.