Its story

HIP 42940 has a visual magnitude of about 8.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42940: right ascension 8h 45m 10s, declination +41° 40′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42940. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42940, HD 74377, Gaia DR3 913325109028988288. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.