Its story

HIP 40716 has a visual magnitude of about 7.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40716: right ascension 8h 18m 42s, declination +33° 20′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40716. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40716, HD 69551, Gaia DR3 901781370807993472. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.