Its story

HIP 40936 has a visual magnitude of about 7.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40936: right ascension 8h 21m 14s, declination +38° 52′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40936. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40936, HD 70029, Gaia DR3 908463480927364608. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.