Its story

HIP 28978 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28978: right ascension 6h 6m 56s, declination +16° 22′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 28978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28978, HD 41602, Gaia DR3 3349051124730723200. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.