Its story

HIP 40844 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 40844: right ascension 8h 20m 4s, declination +44° 39′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40844. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40844, HD 69713, Gaia DR3 928469232433089408. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.