Its story

HIP 40458 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 40458: right ascension 8h 15m 40s, declination +17° 34′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40458. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40458, HD 69031, Gaia DR3 657017506803032064. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.