Its story

HIP 28642 has a visual magnitude of about 6.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28642: right ascension 6h 2m 54s, declination +43° 22′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28642, HD 40722, Gaia DR3 961318997741142272. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.