Its story

HIP 29149 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29149: right ascension 6h 8m 57s, declination −2° 2′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 29149. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29149, HD 42131, Gaia DR3 3024992956029267712. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.