Its story

HIP 70040 has a visual magnitude of about 8.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 70040: right ascension 14h 19m 55s, declination −57° 9′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 70040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 70040, HD 125205, Gaia DR3 5892260689916207104. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.