Its story

HIP 28842 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28842: right ascension 6h 5m 16s, declination +73° 59′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 28842. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28842, HD 40225, Gaia DR3 1114469731855416576. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.