Its story

HIP 29854 has a visual magnitude of about 6.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29854: right ascension 6h 17m 13s, declination −24° 4′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 29854. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29854, HD 43804, Gaia DR3 2912592974699510272. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.