Its story

HIP 40074 has a visual magnitude of about 8.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40074: right ascension 8h 11m 11s, declination −26° 53′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 40074. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40074, HD 68385, Gaia DR3 5693946209996235776. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.