How to see it
HIP 40766 has a visual magnitude of about 6.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40766: right ascension 8h 19m 15s, declination −10° 9′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).
Catalog context
HIP 40766. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40766, HD 69997, Gaia DR3 5752319587242739840. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5752319587242739840
- HIP
- 40766
- HD
- 69997
- gaia_dr3
- 5752319587242739840
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.25