Its story

HIP 40070 has a visual magnitude of about 6.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40070: right ascension 8h 11m 7s, declination −40° 45′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40070. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40070, HD 68512, Gaia DR3 5533723142207705600. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.