Its story

HIP 40754 has a visual magnitude of about 6.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40754: right ascension 8h 19m 9s, declination +16° 7′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40754. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40754, HD 69788, Gaia DR3 655908786764758400. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.