Its story

HIP 40486 has a visual magnitude of about 6.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40486: right ascension 8h 15m 59s, declination −30° 11′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40486. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40486, HD 69444, Gaia DR3 5644493716031031296. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.