Its story

HIP 42782 has a visual magnitude of about 8.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42782: right ascension 8h 43m 3s, declination +40° 13′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42782. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42782, Gaia DR3 911603617415934208. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.