Its story

HIP 41266 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41266: right ascension 8h 25m 9s, declination −55° 28′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 41266. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41266, HD 71491, Gaia DR3 5316349830831145856. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.