Its story

HIP 41196 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41196: right ascension 8h 24m 23s, declination −55° 47′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 41196. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41196, HD 71368, Gaia DR3 5316301417960090112. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.