Its story

HIP 40520 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40520: right ascension 8h 16m 25s, declination −39° 45′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40520. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40520, HD 69674, Gaia DR3 5539885458200918528. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.