Its story

HIP 28538 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28538: right ascension 6h 1m 29s, declination +13° 7′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 28538. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28538, HD 40756, Gaia DR3 3343577687128883712. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.