Its story

HIP 40222 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40222: right ascension 8h 12m 52s, declination +9° 34′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40222. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40222, HD 68483, Gaia DR3 3146522938320166912. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.