Its story

HIP 40211 has a visual magnitude of about 6.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40211: right ascension 8h 12m 46s, declination −29° 54′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40211. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40211, HD 68758, Gaia DR3 5596486908058094848. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.