Its story

HIP 28388 has a visual magnitude of about 8.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28388: right ascension 5h 59m 48s, declination +36° 2′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28388. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28388, HD 40327, Gaia DR3 3456533162350841856. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.