Its story

HIP 29178 has a visual magnitude of about 6.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29178: right ascension 6h 9m 20s, declination −18° 7′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 29178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29178, HD 42327, Gaia DR3 2942881221508742784. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.