Its story

HIP 40797 has a visual magnitude of about 7.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40797: right ascension 8h 19m 36s, declination −0° 47′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40797. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40797, HD 69996, Gaia DR3 3077157120544016384. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.