Its story

HIP 28138 has a visual magnitude of about 6.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28138: right ascension 5h 56m 49s, declination −31° 58′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28138. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28138, HD 40359, Gaia DR3 2891033956859011968. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.