Its story

HIP 29863 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29863: right ascension 6h 17m 18s, declination −21° 44′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 29863. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29863, HD 43803, Gaia DR3 2937908474016573952. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.