Its story

HIP 41257 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41257: right ascension 8h 25m 1s, declination +9° 25′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 41257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41257, HD 70935, Gaia DR3 600283973821694208. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.