Its story

HIP 40755 has a visual magnitude of about 6.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40755: right ascension 8h 19m 9s, declination −46° 12′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 40755. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40755, HD 70264, Gaia DR3 5516753348468012416. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.