Its story

HIP 40056 has a visual magnitude of about 7.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40056: right ascension 8h 10m 57s, declination −39° 4′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40056. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40056, HD 68474, Gaia DR3 5540717376187354112. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.