Its story

HIP 43128 has a visual magnitude of about 6.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43128: right ascension 8h 47m 5s, declination −45° 4′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 43128. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43128, HD 75241, Gaia DR3 5522162361558253056. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.