Its story

HIP 40975 has a visual magnitude of about 7.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40975: right ascension 8h 21m 42s, declination −38° 12′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 40975. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40975, HD 70659, Gaia DR3 5540452290811275264. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.