Its story

HIP 40123 has a visual magnitude of about 7.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40123: right ascension 8h 11m 45s, declination +11° 11′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40123. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40123, HD 68198, Gaia DR3 648930255182708352. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.