Its story

HIP 40591 has a visual magnitude of about 8.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40591: right ascension 8h 17m 15s, declination −23° 44′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 40591. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40591, HD 69705, Gaia DR3 5699464315250162688. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.