Its story

HIP 40524 has a visual magnitude of about 10.69: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40524: right ascension 8h 16m 29s, declination +30° 58′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40524. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40524, Gaia DR3 900789027204663936. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.