Its story

HIP 28656 has a visual magnitude of about 6.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28656: right ascension 6h 3m 4s, declination +57° 1′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 28656. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28656, HD 40568, Gaia DR3 997524575612095360. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.