Its story

HIP 29963 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 29963: right ascension 6h 18m 27s, declination −48° 2′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 29963. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29963, HD 44277, Gaia DR3 5553846541449400704. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.