Its story

HIP 40756 has a visual magnitude of about 6.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40756: right ascension 8h 19m 9s, declination +24° 10′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40756. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40756, HD 69734, Gaia DR3 679021311453257344. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.