Its story

HIP 29399 has a visual magnitude of about 6.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29399: right ascension 6h 11m 43s, declination −18° 11′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 29399. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29399, HD 42747, Gaia DR3 2942773538088829952. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.