Its story

HIP 29488 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 29488: right ascension 6h 12m 46s, declination −17° 45′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 29488. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29488, HD 42927, Gaia DR3 2943000174923349120. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.