Its story

HIP 42699 has a visual magnitude of about 8.93: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42699: right ascension 8h 42m 8s, declination +28° 39′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42699. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42699, HD 73954, Gaia DR3 704441298733267456. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.