Its story

HIP 28530 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28530: right ascension 6h 1m 20s, declination +49° 29′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28530. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28530, HD 40421, Gaia DR3 969956692366204416. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.