Its story

HIP 43044 has a visual magnitude of about 8.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43044: right ascension 8h 46m 12s, declination +18° 10′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43044. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43044, HD 74720, Gaia DR3 660116377245786624. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.