Its story

HIP 40617 has a visual magnitude of about 6.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40617: right ascension 8h 17m 32s, declination +8° 51′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40617. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40617, HD 69478, Gaia DR3 3098192461610328320. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.