Its story

HIP 43981 has a visual magnitude of about 7.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43981: right ascension 8h 57m 22s, declination +54° 50′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 43981. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43981, HD 76272, Gaia DR3 1029898183663537536. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.