Its story

HIP 40807 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40807: right ascension 8h 19m 44s, declination +20° 55′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40807. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40807, HD 69868, Gaia DR3 675745488357842432. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.