Its story

HIP 42966 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 42966: right ascension 8h 45m 28s, declination +20° 23′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42966, HD 74587, Gaia DR3 661767843709723776. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.