Its story

HIP 42704 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 42704: right ascension 8h 42m 11s, declination +10° 26′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42704. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42704, HD 74092, Gaia DR3 598399690065188352. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.