Its story

HIP 43540 has a visual magnitude of about 8.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43540: right ascension 8h 52m 4s, declination +18° 53′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43540. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43540, HD 75699, Gaia DR3 660436025890578304. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.