Its story

HIP 40273 has a visual magnitude of about 6.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40273: right ascension 8h 13m 28s, declination +48° 16′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40273. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40273, HD 68194, Gaia DR3 931463340034912640. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.