Its story

HIP 40956 has a visual magnitude of about 7.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40956: right ascension 8h 21m 30s, declination +12° 48′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40956. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40956, HD 70277, Gaia DR3 649571098662483328. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.