Its story

HIP 64242 has a visual magnitude of about 9.06: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 64242: right ascension 13h 9m 60s, declination +78° 1′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 64242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 64242, Gaia DR3 1716568037300537088. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.