Its story

HIP 28117 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28117: right ascension 5h 56m 34s, declination +28° 56′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28117. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28117, HD 39866, Gaia DR3 3431586480467585152. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.