Its story

HIP 40188 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40188: right ascension 8h 12m 33s, declination −54° 8′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 40188. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40188, HD 69051, Gaia DR3 5320085249787566848. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.