Its story

HIP 40637 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 40637: right ascension 8h 17m 45s, declination −55° 46′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 40637. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40637, HD 70163, Gaia DR3 5318952684090659840. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.