Its story

HIP 39979 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39979: right ascension 8h 9m 52s, declination −43° 31′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 39979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39979, HD 68270, Gaia DR3 5521211284002901248. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.