Its story

HIP 40217 has a visual magnitude of about 7.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40217: right ascension 8h 12m 51s, declination +4° 55′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40217. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40217, HD 68504, Gaia DR3 3094785109436634112. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.