Its story

HIP 43138 has a visual magnitude of about 8.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43138: right ascension 8h 47m 11s, declination +11° 9′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43138. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43138, HD 74926, Gaia DR3 598909481207748736. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.