Its story

HIP 40970 has a visual magnitude of about 7.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40970: right ascension 8h 21m 39s, declination −45° 0′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40970. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40970, HD 70717, Gaia DR3 5519922896891780096. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.