Its story

HIP 40941 has a visual magnitude of about 7.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40941: right ascension 8h 21m 20s, declination −1° 36′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40941. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40941, HD 70340, Gaia DR3 3070303074294302208. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.