Its story

HIP 43217 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43217: right ascension 8h 48m 15s, declination +15° 43′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 43217. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43217, Gaia DR3 610004004504906240. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.