Its story

HIP 42623 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 42623: right ascension 8h 41m 12s, declination +35° 57′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42623. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42623, HD 73760, Gaia DR3 717595031214061184. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.