Its story

HIP 43785 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43785: right ascension 8h 55m 5s, declination −33° 25′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 43785. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43785, HD 76436, Gaia DR3 5628433527632811008. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.