Its story

HIP 40195 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40195: right ascension 8h 12m 37s, declination +46° 0′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40195. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40195, HD 68015, Gaia DR3 929495729616826368. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.