Its story

HIP 29449 has a visual magnitude of about 7.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29449: right ascension 6h 12m 18s, declination −25° 14′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 29449. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29449, HD 42899, Gaia DR3 2912056099488359424. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.