Its story

HIP 39966 has a visual magnitude of about 7.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39966: right ascension 8h 9m 40s, declination +35° 42′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 39966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39966, HD 67482, Gaia DR3 906021293803241728. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.