Its story

HIP 43878 has a visual magnitude of about 7.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43878: right ascension 8h 56m 19s, declination −52° 43′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 43878. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43878, HD 76805, Gaia DR3 5323643028911351680. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.