Its story

HIP 43117 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43117: right ascension 8h 46m 50s, declination +33° 8′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 43117. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43117, HD 74737, Gaia DR3 710138383873025536. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.