Its story

HIP 40387 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40387: right ascension 8h 14m 43s, declination +27° 9′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40387. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40387, Gaia DR3 682855789535316352. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.