Its story

HIP 43394 has a visual magnitude of about 6.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43394: right ascension 8h 50m 22s, declination −28° 37′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 43394. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43394, HD 75649, Gaia DR3 5642673199645363200. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.