Its story

HIP 40654 has a visual magnitude of about 7.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40654: right ascension 8h 17m 55s, declination +38° 48′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40654. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40654, HD 69311, Gaia DR3 908426338049896832. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.