Its story

HIP 42417 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 42417: right ascension 8h 39m 0s, declination +34° 44′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42417. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42417, HD 73313, Gaia DR3 711465077800369280. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.