Its story

HIP 40796 has a visual magnitude of about 7.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40796: right ascension 8h 19m 35s, declination +45° 28′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40796. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40796, HD 69604, Gaia DR3 928576125579054080. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.