Its story

HIP 40709 has a visual magnitude of about 7.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40709: right ascension 8h 18m 35s, declination +47° 2′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40709. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40709, HD 69348, Gaia DR3 930405163171789568. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.