Its story

HIP 28616 has a visual magnitude of about 9.03: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28616: right ascension 6h 2m 26s, declination −6° 47′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28616. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28616, HD 41044, Gaia DR3 3018392583431035392. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.