Its story
HIP 29998 has a visual magnitude of about 7.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29998: right ascension 6h 18m 51s, declination −5° 3′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).
HIP 29998. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29998, HD 43950, Gaia DR3 3020390224259893760. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 29998
- Right ascension
- 6h 18m 51s
- Declination
- −5° 03′ 50″
- Magnitude
- 7.88
- Distance
- ≈ 768 ly
Data: gaia-dr3