Its story

HIP 42256 has a visual magnitude of about 8.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42256: right ascension 8h 36m 58s, declination +58° 10′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42256. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42256, HD 72655, Gaia DR3 1034622853846392192. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.