Its story

HIP 41496 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41496: right ascension 8h 27m 46s, declination −24° 53′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 41496. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41496, HD 71668, Gaia DR3 5695717145263264256. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.