Its story

HIP 43388 has a visual magnitude of about 7.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43388: right ascension 8h 50m 19s, declination −44° 43′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 43388. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43388, HD 75790, Gaia DR3 5331541130160658432. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.