Its story

HIP 43061 has a visual magnitude of about 7.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43061: right ascension 8h 46m 20s, declination +20° 36′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43061. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43061, HD 74741, Gaia DR3 661778117271470592. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.