Its story

HIP 29480 has a visual magnitude of about 7.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29480: right ascension 6h 12m 41s, declination −27° 43′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 29480. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29480, HD 42987, Gaia DR3 2897994243420621312. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.