Its story

HIP 43698 has a visual magnitude of about 8.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43698: right ascension 8h 54m 0s, declination −35° 29′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 43698. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43698, HD 76280, Gaia DR3 5625987148620273664. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.