How to see it
HIP 40989 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40989: right ascension 8h 21m 54s, declination +17° 36′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
Catalog context
HIP 40989. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40989, HD 70318, Gaia DR3 656314884512105984. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 656314884512105984
- HIP
- 40989
- HD
- 70318
- gaia_dr3
- 656314884512105984
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 656314884512105984
- HD 70318
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.16