Its story

HIP 40086 has a visual magnitude of about 6.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40086: right ascension 8h 11m 18s, declination +54° 32′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40086. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40086, HD 67539, Gaia DR3 1032700014168335872. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.