Its story

HIP 41298 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41298: right ascension 8h 25m 35s, declination −62° 53′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 41298. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41298, HD 71758, Gaia DR3 5276948419330613248. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.