Its story

HIP 40777 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40777: right ascension 8h 19m 22s, declination −20° 9′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 40777. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40777, HD 70075, Gaia DR3 5707264628691967104. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.