Its story

HIP 40245 has a visual magnitude of about 7.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40245: right ascension 8h 13m 12s, declination +39° 59′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40245. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40245, HD 68252, Gaia DR3 909485545704528256. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.