Its story

HIP 40787 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 40787: right ascension 8h 19m 29s, declination −34° 35′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40787. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40787, HD 70235, Gaia DR3 5543356272822605440. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.