Its story

HIP 40098 has a visual magnitude of about 8.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40098: right ascension 8h 11m 29s, declination +43° 24′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40098. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40098, HD 67808, Gaia DR3 928079386841776384. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.