Its story

HIP 40675 has a visual magnitude of about 6.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40675: right ascension 8h 18m 14s, declination +15° 40′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40675. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40675, HD 69629, Gaia DR3 655471902691036672. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.