Its story

HIP 40626 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40626: right ascension 8h 17m 38s, declination +6° 14′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40626. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40626, HD 69523, Gaia DR3 3096491379683699584. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.