Its story

HIP 43209 has a visual magnitude of about 6.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43209: right ascension 8h 48m 9s, declination −42° 27′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 43209. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43209, HD 75387, Gaia DR3 5524197454496891904. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.