Its story

HIP 29140 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29140: right ascension 6h 8m 48s, declination −6° 49′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 29140. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29140, HD 42132, Gaia DR3 3018236353996312576. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.