Its story

HIP 40657 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 40657: right ascension 8h 17m 59s, declination +13° 38′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40657. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40657, HD 69552, Gaia DR3 650480837158170880. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.