Its story

HIP 40788 has a visual magnitude of about 7.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40788: right ascension 8h 19m 30s, declination +39° 35′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40788. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40788, HD 69661, Gaia DR3 908559756914173440. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.