Its story

HIP 28988 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 28988: right ascension 6h 7m 2s, declination −45° 5′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28988, HD 42168, Gaia DR3 5567794052606311424. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.