Its story

HIP 28344 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28344: right ascension 5h 59m 22s, declination −12° 50′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28344. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28344, HD 40605, Gaia DR3 2997593740442593152. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.