Its story

HIP 40608 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40608: right ascension 8h 17m 28s, declination −32° 52′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40608. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40608, HD 69818, Gaia DR3 5547108734210077056. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.