Its story

HIP 40878 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40878: right ascension 8h 20m 29s, declination +53° 34′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40878. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40878, HD 69682, Gaia DR3 1031980349448380800. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.