Its story

HIP 28394 has a visual magnitude of about 9.12: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28394: right ascension 5h 59m 51s, declination −5° 9′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 28394. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28394, HD 40617, Gaia DR3 3019636268519657472. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.