Its story

HIP 42870 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 42870: right ascension 8h 44m 10s, declination +52° 26′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42870. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42870, HD 74089, Gaia DR3 1029201677407523328. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.