Its story

HIP 28860 has a visual magnitude of about 8.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28860: right ascension 6h 5m 33s, declination +60° 40′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 28860. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28860, HD 40859, Gaia DR3 1005778437604305280. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.