Its story

HIP 40544 has a visual magnitude of about 7.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40544: right ascension 8h 16m 45s, declination +21° 13′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40544. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40544, HD 69221, Gaia DR3 676001193530250368. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.