Its story

HIP 40030 has a visual magnitude of about 7.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40030: right ascension 8h 10m 35s, declination −70° 47′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 40030. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40030, HD 69218, Gaia DR3 5269439132868463616. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.