Its story

HIP 28096 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 28096: right ascension 5h 56m 20s, declination +53° 33′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28096. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28096, HD 39550, Gaia DR3 216090593620648320. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.