Its story

HIP 28917 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 28917: right ascension 6h 6m 15s, declination +3° 20′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 28917. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28917, HD 41594, Gaia DR3 3315755812399921152. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.