Its story

HIP 43809 has a visual magnitude of about 7.53: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43809: right ascension 8h 55m 22s, declination −31° 1′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 43809. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43809, HD 76468, Gaia DR3 5641334200639662080. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.