Its story

HIP 28493 has a visual magnitude of about 7.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28493: right ascension 6h 0m 54s, declination +51° 5′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28493. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28493, HD 40323, Gaia DR3 970520707473310848. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.