Its story

HIP 39982 has a visual magnitude of about 7.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39982: right ascension 8h 9m 55s, declination +17° 15′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 39982. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39982, HD 67712, Gaia DR3 656835640706516992. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.