Its story

HIP 40476 has a visual magnitude of about 6.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40476: right ascension 8h 15m 52s, declination −30° 55′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40476. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40476, HD 69445, Gaia DR3 5548310466041819392. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.