Its story

HIP 39480 has a visual magnitude of about 7.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39480: right ascension 8h 4m 8s, declination +33° 1′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 39480. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39480, HD 66299, Gaia DR3 905227790005850880. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.