Its story

HIP 40393 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40393: right ascension 8h 14m 49s, declination +43° 2′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40393. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40393, HD 68562, Gaia DR3 927859621955354496. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.