Its story

HIP 40785 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40785: right ascension 8h 19m 28s, declination +35° 1′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40785. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40785, Gaia DR3 904194970629879552. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.