Its story

HIP 40224 has a visual magnitude of about 7.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40224: right ascension 8h 12m 55s, declination +39° 28′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40224. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40224, HD 68165, Gaia DR3 909258771431174528. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.