Its story
HIP 40686 has a visual magnitude of about 9.34: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40686: right ascension 8h 18m 22s, declination +12° 33′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
HIP 40686. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40686, Gaia DR3 649592779657218944. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 40686
- Right ascension
- 8h 18m 22s
- Declination
- +12° 33′ 43″
- Magnitude
- 9.34
- Distance
- ≈ 1,193 ly
Data: gaia-dr3