Its story

HIP 29120 has a visual magnitude of about 8.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29120: right ascension 6h 8m 26s, declination −5° 20′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 29120. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29120, HD 42050, Gaia DR3 3020930599863999488. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.