Its story

HIP 40818 has a visual magnitude of about 6.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40818: right ascension 8h 19m 50s, declination +3° 56′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40818. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40818, HD 70013, Gaia DR3 3092872474599826304. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.