Its story

HIP 43579 has a visual magnitude of about 8.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 43579: right ascension 8h 52m 29s, declination −48° 29′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 43579. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43579, HD 76138, Gaia DR3 5328449921943016448. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.