Its story

HIP 40508 has a visual magnitude of about 7.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40508: right ascension 8h 16m 15s, declination +52° 20′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40508. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40508, HD 68745, Gaia DR3 1031449010454558976. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.