Its story

HIP 40650 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40650: right ascension 8h 17m 52s, declination +21° 10′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40650. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40650, Gaia DR3 675814482712373120. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.