Its story

HIP 40972 has a visual magnitude of about 10.44: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40972: right ascension 8h 21m 41s, declination +35° 29′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 40972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40972, Gaia DR3 904313649165983488. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.