Its story

HIP 40810 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40810: right ascension 8h 19m 44s, declination −49° 32′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 40810. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40810, HD 70414, Gaia DR3 5515084770847532416. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.