Its story

HIP 40503 has a visual magnitude of about 6.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40503: right ascension 8h 16m 10s, declination +46° 48′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40503. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40503, HD 68831, Gaia DR3 931124686157255552. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.