Its story

HIP 27976 has a visual magnitude of about 7.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 27976: right ascension 5h 54m 60s, declination −30° 18′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 27976. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27976, HD 40028, Gaia DR3 2903254135248137728. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.