Its story

HIP 42848 has a visual magnitude of about 8.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42848: right ascension 8h 43m 53s, declination +13° 37′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42848. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42848, HD 74328, Gaia DR3 609128071694799488. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.