Its story

HIP 27383 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 27383: right ascension 5h 47m 58s, declination −40° 39′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 27383. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27383, HD 39040, Gaia DR3 4804903029274735104. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.