Its story

HIP 28081 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28081: right ascension 5h 56m 11s, declination −21° 7′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28081. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28081, HD 40138, Gaia DR3 2918073112450246912. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.