Its story

HIP 28212 has a visual magnitude of about 7.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28212: right ascension 5h 57m 40s, declination +33° 15′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28212. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28212, HD 40001, Gaia DR3 3451146478788019200. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.