Its story

HIP 42681 has a visual magnitude of about 8.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42681: right ascension 8h 41m 58s, declination +23° 47′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42681. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42681, HD 73973, Gaia DR3 690250451910046080. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.