Its story

HIP 28818 has a visual magnitude of about 7.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28818: right ascension 6h 5m 2s, declination +2° 6′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 28818. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28818, HD 41403, Gaia DR3 3315339200572308480. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.