Its story

HIP 33159 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 33159: right ascension 6h 54m 11s, declination +40° 53′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 33159. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 33159, HD 50226, Gaia DR3 950770145743750400. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.