Its story

HIP 40966 has a visual magnitude of about 6.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40966: right ascension 8h 21m 37s, declination +33° 56′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40966, HD 70145, Gaia DR3 901823766429149696. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.