Its story

HIP 28427 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28427: right ascension 6h 0m 11s, declination −30° 51′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28427. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28427, HD 40852, Gaia DR3 2891200120553654272. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.