Its story

HIP 43930 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43930: right ascension 8h 56m 56s, declination −73° 55′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 43930. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43930, HD 77440, Gaia DR3 5217187179221990400. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.