Its story

HIP 40655 has a visual magnitude of about 6.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40655: right ascension 8h 17m 56s, declination −59° 10′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 40655. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40655, HD 70267, Gaia DR3 5290585627691698432. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.