Its story

HIP 28591 has a visual magnitude of about 7.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28591: right ascension 6h 2m 6s, declination −27° 25′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28591. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28591, HD 41172, Gaia DR3 2910248953346842112. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.