Its story

HIP 28740 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28740: right ascension 6h 4m 12s, declination −8° 43′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28740. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28740, HD 41348, Gaia DR3 3005554483802274816. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.