Its story

HIP 42145 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42145: right ascension 8h 35m 27s, declination +41° 44′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42145. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42145, HD 72614, Gaia DR3 914988876279362560. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.