Its story

HIP 40759 has a visual magnitude of about 8.54: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40759: right ascension 8h 19m 12s, declination +15° 1′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40759. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40759, HD 69808, Gaia DR3 652396499949922176. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.