Its story

HIP 40847 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 40847: right ascension 8h 20m 5s, declination +55° 12′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40847. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40847, HD 69497, Gaia DR3 1032406959959806720. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.