Its story

HIP 40401 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40401: right ascension 8h 14m 53s, declination +27° 6′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40401. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40401, HD 68774, Gaia DR3 682854586944474496. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.