Its story

HIP 40622 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 40622: right ascension 8h 17m 34s, declination −25° 0′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40622. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40622, HD 69755, Gaia DR3 5696229036645452416. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.