Its story

HIP 41966 has a visual magnitude of about 8.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41966: right ascension 8h 33m 14s, declination +49° 15′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 41966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41966, HD 72131, Gaia DR3 1026946269820412160. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.