Its story

HIP 28241 has a visual magnitude of about 8.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28241: right ascension 5h 58m 4s, declination −35° 48′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28241. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28241, HD 40583, Gaia DR3 2887564447917881856. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.