Its story

HIP 40426 has a visual magnitude of about 9.18: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40426: right ascension 8h 15m 16s, declination −0° 45′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40426. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40426, HD 69058, Gaia DR3 3071344036928134656. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.