Its story

HIP 40845 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 40845: right ascension 8h 20m 5s, declination −23° 27′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40845. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40845, HD 70245, Gaia DR3 5696487765477161856. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.