Its story

HIP 43057 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43057: right ascension 8h 46m 19s, declination −47° 32′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 43057. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43057, HD 75129, Gaia DR3 5329520743198566784. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.