Its story

HIP 28372 has a visual magnitude of about 6.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28372: right ascension 5h 59m 39s, declination −35° 21′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28372. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28372, HD 40805, Gaia DR3 2889079368782029696. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.