Its story

HIP 28966 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 28966: right ascension 6h 6m 45s, declination −24° 55′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28966, HD 41898, Gaia DR3 2912821398239254272. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.