Its story

HIP 42965 has a visual magnitude of about 10.41: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42965: right ascension 8h 45m 28s, declination +21° 39′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42965. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42965, Gaia DR3 665004702863485568. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.