Its story

HIP 40806 has a visual magnitude of about 7.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40806: right ascension 8h 19m 43s, declination +50° 16′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40806. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40806, HD 69550, Gaia DR3 932134278350114816. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.