Its story

HIP 40950 has a visual magnitude of about 7.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40950: right ascension 8h 21m 28s, declination +21° 54′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40950. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40950, HD 70204, Gaia DR3 676331768577158144. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.