Its story

HIP 39871 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 39871: right ascension 8h 8m 40s, declination +58° 17′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 39871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39871, HD 66871, Gaia DR3 1083203263292020480. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.