Its story

HIP 28654 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28654: right ascension 6h 3m 3s, declination −37° 32′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28654. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28654, HD 41393, Gaia DR3 2884147852972839936. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.