Its story

HIP 43717 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43717: right ascension 8h 54m 13s, declination −43° 29′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 43717. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43717, HD 76380, Gaia DR3 5331697707482612096. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.