Its story

HIP 43862 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43862: right ascension 8h 56m 7s, declination +43° 40′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 43862. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43862, HD 76171, Gaia DR3 1009212109337499904. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.