Its story

HIP 42491 has a visual magnitude of about 8.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42491: right ascension 8h 39m 45s, declination +5° 46′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42491, Gaia DR3 594641112644934272. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.