Its story

HIP 40474 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 40474: right ascension 8h 15m 50s, declination +60° 22′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40474. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40474, HD 68457, Gaia DR3 1083911932896193280. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.