Its story

HIP 28589 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28589: right ascension 6h 2m 6s, declination +55° 18′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 28589. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28589, HD 40438, Gaia DR3 996955097308592128. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.