Its story

HIP 39408 has a visual magnitude of about 7.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39408: right ascension 8h 3m 23s, declination −38° 38′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 39408. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39408, HD 66742, Gaia DR3 5537927571592901632. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.