Its story

HIP 40804 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 40804: right ascension 8h 19m 43s, declination −27° 4′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40804. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40804, HD 70188, Gaia DR3 5693459195061414912. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.