Its story

HIP 29917 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29917: right ascension 6h 17m 53s, declination −4° 22′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 29917. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29917, HD 43757, Gaia DR3 3020688368006754688. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.