Its story

HIP 43700 has a visual magnitude of about 7.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43700: right ascension 8h 54m 0s, declination −74° 53′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 43700. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43700, HD 77049, Gaia DR3 5216556609302367232. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.