Its story

HIP 41280 has a visual magnitude of about 6.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41280: right ascension 8h 25m 18s, declination −22° 8′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 41280. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41280, HD 71197, Gaia DR3 5700048293362113408. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.