Its story

HIP 40860 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40860: right ascension 8h 20m 18s, declination +25° 29′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40860. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40860, HD 69962, Gaia DR3 679451873333368448. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.