Its story

HIP 42672 has a visual magnitude of about 9.78: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42672: right ascension 8h 41m 50s, declination +7° 26′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42672. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42672, Gaia DR3 595389566530534272. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.