Its story

HIP 27998 has a visual magnitude of about 7.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 27998: right ascension 5h 55m 16s, declination −4° 3′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 27998. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27998, HD 39885, Gaia DR3 3022967621249980416. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.