Its story

HIP 40022 has a visual magnitude of about 9.78: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40022: right ascension 8h 10m 27s, declination +7° 2′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40022. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40022, Gaia DR3 3097567045655226880. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.