Its story

HIP 29236 has a visual magnitude of about 6.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29236: right ascension 6h 9m 49s, declination +2° 52′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 29236. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29236, HD 42256, Gaia DR3 3316978400610184832. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.