Its story

HIP 40501 has a visual magnitude of about 9.13: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40501: right ascension 8h 16m 8s, declination +1° 18′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40501. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40501, Gaia DR3 3089711447388931584. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.