Its story

HIP 43340 has a visual magnitude of about 7.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43340: right ascension 8h 49m 45s, declination +29° 26′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43340. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43340, HD 75216, Gaia DR3 705301838380914688. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.