Its story

HIP 28259 has a visual magnitude of about 7.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28259: right ascension 5h 58m 15s, declination −17° 59′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28259. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28259, HD 40477, Gaia DR3 2990739767211026944. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.