Its story

HIP 43985 has a visual magnitude of about 7.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43985: right ascension 8h 57m 26s, declination +21° 21′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43985. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43985, HD 76541, Gaia DR3 685062097055548544. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.