Its story

HIP 40595 has a visual magnitude of about 9.28: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40595: right ascension 8h 17m 17s, declination +24° 40′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40595. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40595, HD 69313, Gaia DR3 679285434762424192. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.