Its story

HIP 42978 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42978: right ascension 8h 45m 33s, declination +29° 16′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42978, HD 74520, Gaia DR3 705985734613059840. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.