Its story

HIP 40749 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40749: right ascension 8h 19m 6s, declination −48° 11′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 40749. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40749, HD 70309, Gaia DR3 5515978948680707712. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.