Its story
HIP 28885 has a visual magnitude of about 8.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28885: right ascension 6h 5m 55s, declination +40° 41′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).
HIP 28885. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28885, HD 41258, Gaia DR3 960407944982019456. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 28885
- Right ascension
- 6h 05m 55s
- Declination
- +40° 41′ 20″
- Magnitude
- 8.38
- Distance
- ≈ 1,994 ly
Data: gaia-dr3