Its story

HIP 40407 has a visual magnitude of about 6.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40407: right ascension 8h 14m 57s, declination −35° 41′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40407. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40407, HD 69280, Gaia DR3 5544681734084518912. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.