Its story

HIP 40669 has a visual magnitude of about 8.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40669: right ascension 8h 18m 8s, declination +11° 39′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40669. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40669, HD 69630, Gaia DR3 649375969707488000. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.