Its story

HIP 29497 has a visual magnitude of about 6.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29497: right ascension 6h 12m 56s, declination −8° 43′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 29497. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29497, HD 42881, Gaia DR3 3005752808212700032. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.