Its story

HIP 77040 has a visual magnitude of about 7.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77040: right ascension 15h 43m 54s, declination +24° 57′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 77040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77040, HD 140646, Gaia DR3 1222750633390684928. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.