Its story

HIP 40330 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40330: right ascension 8h 14m 5s, declination −44° 34′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40330. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40330, HD 69213, Gaia DR3 5520134827758970880. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.