Its story

HIP 43938 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43938: right ascension 8h 56m 59s, declination −49° 40′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 43938. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43938, HD 76860, Gaia DR3 5325283599026732160. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.