Its story

HIP 42000 has a visual magnitude of about 8.83: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42000: right ascension 8h 33m 38s, declination +7° 41′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42000. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42000, Gaia DR3 596062811243685248. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.