Its story

HIP 42867 has a visual magnitude of about 8.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42867: right ascension 8h 44m 9s, declination +46° 19′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 42867. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42867, Gaia DR3 1013622490994257920. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.