Its story

HIP 28764 has a visual magnitude of about 6.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28764: right ascension 6h 4m 28s, declination −45° 2′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28764. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28764, HD 41700, Gaia DR3 5567900121118276736. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.