Its story

HIP 40743 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 40743: right ascension 8h 18m 59s, declination +56° 15′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40743. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40743, HD 69263, Gaia DR3 1034724902270411520. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.