Its story

HIP 28094 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28094: right ascension 5h 56m 18s, declination −24° 5′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28094. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28094, HD 40173, Gaia DR3 2914859205602846720. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.