Its story

HIP 29512 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 29512: right ascension 6h 13m 2s, declination +7° 32′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 29512. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29512, HD 42786, Gaia DR3 3325193543474590208. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.