Its story

HIP 28228 has a visual magnitude of about 7.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28228: right ascension 5h 57m 50s, declination +37° 31′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28228. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28228, HD 39982, Gaia DR3 3456910672795064832. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.