Its story

HIP 40162 has a visual magnitude of about 7.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40162: right ascension 8h 12m 8s, declination −35° 43′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40162. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40162, HD 68676, Gaia DR3 5544669776894487552. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.