Its story

HIP 40451 has a visual magnitude of about 8.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40451: right ascension 8h 15m 33s, declination +53° 16′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40451. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40451, HD 68580, Gaia DR3 1031771339159690368. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.