Its story

HIP 43005 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43005: right ascension 8h 45m 51s, declination −37° 52′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 43005. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43005, HD 74978, Gaia DR3 5625277688744338048. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.