Its story

HIP 36742 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 36742: right ascension 7h 33m 26s, declination +37° 19′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 36742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 36742, Gaia DR3 898670268297859584. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.