Its story

HIP 29487 has a visual magnitude of about 6.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29487: right ascension 6h 12m 45s, declination −2° 30′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 29487. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29487, HD 42824, Gaia DR3 3117975424576107392. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.