Its story

HIP 42165 has a visual magnitude of about 8.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42165: right ascension 8h 35m 47s, declination +14° 7′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42165. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42165, HD 72885, Gaia DR3 651484936088634624. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.