Its story

HIP 27691 has a visual magnitude of about 7.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 27691: right ascension 5h 51m 46s, declination −40° 8′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 27691. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27691, HD 39601, Gaia DR3 4805024800187806720. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.