Its story

HIP 40879 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40879: right ascension 8h 20m 29s, declination +9° 24′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40879. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40879, HD 70092, Gaia DR3 600238588903948288. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.