Its story

HIP 41997 has a visual magnitude of about 7.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41997: right ascension 8h 33m 37s, declination +13° 33′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 41997. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41997, HD 72490, Gaia DR3 603329694046441472. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.