Its story

HIP 28678 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 28678: right ascension 6h 3m 18s, declination −16° 2′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28678. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28678, HD 41255, Gaia DR3 2992233556835159040. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.