Its story

HIP 40555 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40555: right ascension 8h 16m 52s, declination −76° 25′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 40555. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40555, HD 70896, Gaia DR3 5210547537738268672. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.