Its story

HIP 40701 has a visual magnitude of about 7.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40701: right ascension 8h 18m 29s, declination −85° 4′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 40701. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40701, HD 73506, Gaia DR3 5193253559863181312. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.