Its story

HIP 28475 has a visual magnitude of about 8.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28475: right ascension 6h 0m 42s, declination −10° 1′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28475. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28475, HD 40778, Gaia DR3 2999371070926760448. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.