Its story

HIP 40568 has a visual magnitude of about 7.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40568: right ascension 8h 16m 57s, declination −53° 42′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 40568. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40568, HD 69992, Gaia DR3 5320493340401251328. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.