Its story

HIP 28485 has a visual magnitude of about 6.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28485: right ascension 6h 0m 49s, declination +2° 54′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 28485. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28485, HD 40726, Gaia DR3 3316391815454476800. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.