Its story

HIP 42621 has a visual magnitude of about 9.10: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42621: right ascension 8h 41m 9s, declination +15° 31′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42621. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42621, Gaia DR3 657683501609506688. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.