Its story

HIP 42663 has a visual magnitude of about 8.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42663: right ascension 8h 41m 44s, declination +56° 41′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42663. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42663, HD 73553, Gaia DR3 1031281438010706944. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.