Its story

HIP 28342 has a visual magnitude of about 8.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28342: right ascension 5h 59m 21s, declination +52° 25′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 28342. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28342, HD 40036, Gaia DR3 215024209076495232. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.