Its story

HIP 28435 has a visual magnitude of about 7.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28435: right ascension 6h 0m 18s, declination −44° 0′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28435. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28435, HD 41002, Gaia DR3 5571239887687678976. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.