Its story

HIP 28827 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 28827: right ascension 6h 5m 7s, declination −56° 13′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 28827. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28827, HD 42026, Gaia DR3 5499024926047928448. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.