Its story

HIP 40600 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40600: right ascension 8h 17m 20s, declination −47° 55′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 40600. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40600, HD 69973, Gaia DR3 5516025128170015744. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.