Its story

HIP 28099 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28099: right ascension 5h 56m 22s, declination −40° 32′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28099. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28099, HD 40381, Gaia DR3 2882610563918195200. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.