Its story

HIP 40846 has a visual magnitude of about 6.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40846: right ascension 8h 20m 5s, declination −31° 5′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40846. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40846, HD 70305, Gaia DR3 5644154894648322304. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.