Its story

HIP 29432 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29432: right ascension 6h 12m 1s, declination +6° 46′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 29432. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29432, HD 42618, Gaia DR3 3319126988068404096. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.