Its story

HIP 43696 has a visual magnitude of about 8.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43696: right ascension 8h 53m 59s, declination +62° 35′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 43696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43696, HD 75576, Gaia DR3 1043753645081257984. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.