Its story

HIP 40899 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40899: right ascension 8h 20m 47s, declination +61° 40′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40899. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40899, HD 69496, Gaia DR3 1090190006852617344. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.