Its story

HIP 43143 has a visual magnitude of about 6.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43143: right ascension 8h 47m 15s, declination +7° 36′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43143. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43143, HD 74943, Gaia DR3 596799350890902400. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.