Its story

HIP 29231 has a visual magnitude of about 7.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29231: right ascension 6h 9m 47s, declination +0° 58′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 29231. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29231, HD 42257, Gaia DR3 3123001395305324544. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.