Its story

HIP 27044 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 27044: right ascension 5h 44m 7s, declination −14° 30′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 27044. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27044, HD 38278, Gaia DR3 2996250931804737536. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.