Its story

HIP 40088 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40088: right ascension 8h 11m 19s, declination −45° 49′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40088. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40088, HD 68627, Gaia DR3 5519641834230353408. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.