Its story

HIP 76040 has a visual magnitude of about 7.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 76040: right ascension 15h 31m 46s, declination +59° 43′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 76040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 76040, HD 138868, Gaia DR3 1603235601389324800. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.