Its story

HIP 28948 has a visual magnitude of about 6.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28948: right ascension 6h 6m 38s, declination −16° 31′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28948. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28948, HD 41818, Gaia DR3 2991415382747160064. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.