Its story

HIP 28963 has a visual magnitude of about 7.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28963: right ascension 6h 6m 44s, declination +72° 36′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 28963. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28963, HD 40561, Gaia DR3 1113905270073253248. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.