Its story

HIP 40628 has a visual magnitude of about 6.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40628: right ascension 8h 17m 41s, declination +9° 9′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40628. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40628, HD 69500, Gaia DR3 600391524100116480. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.