Its story

HIP 28478 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28478: right ascension 6h 0m 44s, declination +5° 48′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 28478. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28478, HD 40700, Gaia DR3 3321527737345699328. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.