Its story

HIP 40291 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40291: right ascension 8h 13m 41s, declination −33° 34′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40291. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40291, HD 69002, Gaia DR3 5546683910405914624. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.