Its story

HIP 40904 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 40904: right ascension 8h 20m 49s, declination +16° 57′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40904. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40904, HD 70133, Gaia DR3 656070999089150208. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.