Its story

HIP 42968 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 42968: right ascension 8h 45m 29s, declination +16° 56′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42968. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42968, Gaia DR3 658311838145049600. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.