Its story

HIP 40280 has a visual magnitude of about 7.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40280: right ascension 8h 13m 34s, declination +10° 50′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40280. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40280, HD 68615, Gaia DR3 648861707505022464. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.