Its story

HIP 43040 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 43040: right ascension 8h 46m 10s, declination −24° 40′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 43040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43040, HD 74931, Gaia DR3 5653318151526455296. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.