Its story

HIP 40729 has a visual magnitude of about 8.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40729: right ascension 8h 18m 46s, declination +39° 43′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40729. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40729, HD 69475, Gaia DR3 909314399847907840. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.