Its story

HIP 41782 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41782: right ascension 8h 31m 11s, declination +40° 13′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 41782. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41782, HD 71866, Gaia DR3 914417611269467136. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.