Its story

HIP 40232 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40232: right ascension 8h 13m 1s, declination +13° 55′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40232. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40232, HD 68462, Gaia DR3 650724829957826304. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.