Its story

HIP 40293 has a visual magnitude of about 6.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40293: right ascension 8h 13m 42s, declination +23° 8′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40293. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40293, HD 68543, Gaia DR3 677548824866097792. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.