Its story

HIP 40870 has a visual magnitude of about 6.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40870: right ascension 8h 20m 23s, declination +8° 0′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40870. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40870, HD 70093, Gaia DR3 3097323469467568000. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.