Its story

HIP 40004 has a visual magnitude of about 8.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40004: right ascension 8h 10m 12s, declination +5° 16′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40004. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40004, HD 67874, Gaia DR3 3095011059077600768. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.