Its story

HIP 40739 has a visual magnitude of about 7.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40739: right ascension 8h 18m 55s, declination +26° 20′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40739. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40739, HD 69684, Gaia DR3 682554729507913088. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.