Its story

HIP 40676 has a visual magnitude of about 8.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40676: right ascension 8h 18m 15s, declination +29° 4′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40676. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40676, HD 69476, Gaia DR3 684259109969889152. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.