Its story

HIP 43781 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 43781: right ascension 8h 55m 2s, declination −34° 8′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 43781. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43781, HD 76437, Gaia DR3 5627625042988938112. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.