Its story

HIP 40366 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40366: right ascension 8h 14m 30s, declination −40° 49′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40366. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40366, HD 69253, Gaia DR3 5539538699721216128. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.