Its story

HIP 40718 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40718: right ascension 8h 18m 43s, declination +37° 44′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40718. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40718, HD 69498, Gaia DR3 908114351624992896. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.