Its story

HIP 42318 has a visual magnitude of about 8.58: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42318: right ascension 8h 37m 41s, declination +5° 4′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42318. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42318, Gaia DR3 594489551839055616. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.