Its story

HIP 28397 has a visual magnitude of about 8.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28397: right ascension 5h 59m 53s, declination +9° 32′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 28397. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28397, HD 40546, Gaia DR3 3323655876463584768. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.