Its story

HIP 40735 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40735: right ascension 8h 18m 54s, declination −42° 31′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40735. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40735, HD 70195, Gaia DR3 5527140091214729600. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.