Its story

HIP 28255 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28255: right ascension 5h 58m 14s, declination +1° 51′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 28255. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28255, HD 40335, Gaia DR3 3315163867123687808. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.