Its story

HIP 27887 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 27887: right ascension 5h 54m 4s, declination −60° 1′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 27887. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27887, HD 40307, Gaia DR3 4758877919212831104. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.