Its story

HIP 40942 has a visual magnitude of about 8.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40942: right ascension 8h 21m 21s, declination +34° 18′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40942, HD 70088, Gaia DR3 903348277956806528. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.