Its story

HIP 43048 has a visual magnitude of about 7.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43048: right ascension 8h 46m 14s, declination +27° 35′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43048. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43048, HD 74669, Gaia DR3 703384461901517312. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.