Its story

HIP 40858 has a visual magnitude of about 6.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40858: right ascension 8h 20m 13s, declination −0° 54′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40858. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40858, HD 70110, Gaia DR3 3077104721942993920. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.