Its story

HIP 28999 has a visual magnitude of about 7.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28999: right ascension 6h 7m 8s, declination −31° 53′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28999. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28999, HD 42044, Gaia DR3 2890109576817786880. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.