Its story

HIP 40761 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40761: right ascension 8h 19m 13s, declination +14° 12′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40761. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40761, HD 69809, Gaia DR3 652212812787763200. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.