Its story

HIP 40835 has a visual magnitude of about 6.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40835: right ascension 8h 20m 1s, declination +16° 13′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40835. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40835, HD 69978, Gaia DR3 655916105388999936. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.