Its story
HIP 40063 has a visual magnitude of about 6.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40063: right ascension 8h 11m 2s, declination −37° 17′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).
HIP 40063. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40063, HD 68450, Gaia DR3 5541472465805985024. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 40063
- Right ascension
- 8h 11m 02s
- Declination
- −37° 17′ 32″
- Magnitude
- 6.39
- Distance
- ≈ 4,337 ly
Data: gaia-dr3