Its story

HIP 28553 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28553: right ascension 6h 1m 39s, declination −15° 35′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28553. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28553, HD 40969, Gaia DR3 2992319078223754880. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.