Its story

HIP 29163 has a visual magnitude of about 6.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29163: right ascension 6h 9m 7s, declination −8° 18′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 29163. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29163, HD 42205, Gaia DR3 3005932303485760128. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.