Its story

HIP 28489 has a visual magnitude of about 6.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28489: right ascension 6h 0m 51s, declination −42° 52′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28489. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28489, HD 41089, Gaia DR3 5572151314107768832. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.