Its story

HIP 28868 has a visual magnitude of about 8.67: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28868: right ascension 6h 5m 42s, declination +71° 1′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 28868. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28868, HD 40497, Gaia DR3 1107711308757938816. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.