Its story

HIP 40049 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40049: right ascension 8h 10m 51s, declination −32° 22′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40049. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40049, HD 68363, Gaia DR3 5547766688836516864. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.