Its story

HIP 40558 has a visual magnitude of about 8.55: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40558: right ascension 8h 16m 53s, declination +10° 32′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40558. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40558, Gaia DR3 648682899426460544. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.