Its story

HIP 43958 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 43958: right ascension 8h 57m 9s, declination −71° 1′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 43958. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43958, HD 77324, Gaia DR3 5222247715848770176. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.