Its story

HIP 42807 has a visual magnitude of about 8.66: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42807: right ascension 8h 43m 18s, declination +8° 32′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42807. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42807, HD 74261, Gaia DR3 597856565681163648. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.