Its story

HIP 28281 has a visual magnitude of about 6.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28281: right ascension 5h 58m 33s, declination +38° 53′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28281. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28281, HD 40085, Gaia DR3 3457847594139907328. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.