Its story

HIP 40514 has a visual magnitude of about 6.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40514: right ascension 8h 16m 17s, declination −86° 33′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 40514. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40514, HD 74566, Gaia DR3 5189550232901305216. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.