Its story

HIP 29285 has a visual magnitude of about 7.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29285: right ascension 6h 10m 28s, declination −48° 57′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 29285. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29285, HD 42853, Gaia DR3 5553415395452100608. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.