Its story

HIP 29278 has a visual magnitude of about 7.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29278: right ascension 6h 10m 20s, declination −25° 29′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 29278. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29278, HD 42553, Gaia DR3 2912072115425919488. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.