Its story

HIP 40863 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 40863: right ascension 8h 20m 19s, declination +57° 18′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40863. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40863, HD 69549, Gaia DR3 1034931610456349056. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.