Its story

HIP 40662 has a visual magnitude of about 7.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40662: right ascension 8h 18m 1s, declination −47° 5′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 40662. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40662, HD 70084, Gaia DR3 5516271693651928064. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.