Its story

HIP 42839 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42839: right ascension 8h 43m 44s, declination +11° 15′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42839. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42839, HD 74329, Gaia DR3 601822847719869952. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.