Its story

HIP 29888 has a visual magnitude of about 7.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29888: right ascension 6h 17m 37s, declination −24° 26′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 29888. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29888, HD 43879, Gaia DR3 2912571156265751552. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.