Its story

HIP 40781 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40781: right ascension 8h 19m 24s, declination +21° 15′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40781. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40781, HD 69787, Gaia DR3 676177081031672192. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.