Its story

HIP 40040 has a visual magnitude of about 7.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40040: right ascension 8h 10m 45s, declination +59° 11′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40040, HD 67368, Gaia DR3 1083360493454541440. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.