Its story

HIP 43493 has a visual magnitude of about 6.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43493: right ascension 8h 51m 31s, declination −46° 32′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 43493. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43493, HD 75967, Gaia DR3 5329647358830143104. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.