Its story

HIP 40283 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40283: right ascension 8h 13m 34s, declination −31° 44′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40283. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40283, HD 68978, Gaia DR3 5548164986925169024. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.