Its story

HIP 28429 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28429: right ascension 6h 0m 14s, declination +33° 8′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28429. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28429, HD 40439, Gaia DR3 3451460599813707264. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.