Its story

HIP 43642 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43642: right ascension 8h 53m 21s, declination +19° 19′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43642, HD 75899, Gaia DR3 660660807299510784. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.