Its story

HIP 28191 has a visual magnitude of about 8.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28191: right ascension 5h 57m 28s, declination −27° 45′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 28191. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28191, HD 40420, Gaia DR3 2910595917984698368. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.