Its story

HIP 43078 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43078: right ascension 8h 46m 29s, declination +22° 21′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43078. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43078, HD 74740, Gaia DR3 665104346103922688. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.