Its story

HIP 40181 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40181: right ascension 8h 12m 27s, declination −36° 59′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40181. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40181, HD 68761, Gaia DR3 5541506859905246976. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.