Its story

HIP 22628 has a visual magnitude of about 8.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 22628: right ascension 4h 52m 9s, declination +0° 2′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 22628. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 22628, HD 30979, Gaia DR3 3229832865636175872. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.