Its story

HIP 42762 has a visual magnitude of about 10.73: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42762: right ascension 8h 42m 52s, declination +9° 33′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42762. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42762, Gaia DR3 598180646733241216. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.