Its story

HIP 40658 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40658: right ascension 8h 17m 59s, declination +6° 14′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40658. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40658, HD 69632, Gaia DR3 3096478700940235008. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.