Its story

HIP 40218 has a visual magnitude of about 7.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40218: right ascension 8h 12m 51s, declination −36° 13′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40218. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40218, HD 68843, Gaia DR3 5544637753618576384. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.