Its story

HIP 27303 has a visual magnitude of about 6.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 27303: right ascension 5h 47m 5s, declination −28° 38′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 27303. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27303, HD 38804, Gaia DR3 2904596089190256640. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.