Its story

HIP 28215 has a visual magnitude of about 6.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28215: right ascension 5h 57m 41s, declination −6° 5′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28215. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28215, HD 40301, Gaia DR3 3019412487839532160. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.