Its story

HIP 40130 has a visual magnitude of about 8.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40130: right ascension 8h 11m 49s, declination +16° 5′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40130. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40130, HD 68169, Gaia DR3 655685688983166208. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.