Its story

HIP 43050 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43050: right ascension 8h 46m 15s, declination +19° 42′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43050. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43050, HD 74718, Gaia DR3 661156858841945856. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.