Its story

HIP 40289 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40289: right ascension 8h 13m 38s, declination +16° 38′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40289. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40289, HD 68582, Gaia DR3 655824944705311872. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.