Its story

HIP 40983 has a visual magnitude of about 9.52: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40983: right ascension 8h 21m 50s, declination +11° 2′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40983. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40983, Gaia DR3 601053945495427072. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.