Its story

HIP 42293 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 42293: right ascension 8h 37m 21s, declination +21° 58′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42293. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42293, HD 73111, Gaia DR3 664843693127118976. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.