Its story

HIP 43230 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 43230: right ascension 8h 48m 21s, declination +48° 58′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 43230. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43230, HD 74846, Gaia DR3 1015060682267923712. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.