Its story

HIP 40733 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40733: right ascension 8h 18m 52s, declination +18° 19′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40733. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40733, HD 69717, Gaia DR3 657169411205304960. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.