Its story

HIP 43434 has a visual magnitude of about 7.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43434: right ascension 8h 50m 47s, declination −26° 7′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 43434. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43434, HD 75721, Gaia DR3 5652231529099470848. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.