Its story

HIP 40744 has a visual magnitude of about 8.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40744: right ascension 8h 19m 3s, declination +49° 26′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40744. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40744, HD 69409, Gaia DR3 932001069940002944. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.