Its story

HIP 40901 has a visual magnitude of about 7.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40901: right ascension 8h 20m 48s, declination +35° 46′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40901. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40901, HD 69961, Gaia DR3 904520804028163456. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.