Its story

HIP 28505 has a visual magnitude of about 8.69: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28505: right ascension 6h 1m 5s, declination −24° 5′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28505. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28505, HD 40938, Gaia DR3 2916122200865976320. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.