Its story

HIP 40132 has a visual magnitude of about 7.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40132: right ascension 8h 11m 49s, declination +0° 36′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40132. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40132, HD 68285, Gaia DR3 3083746940407541248. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.