Its story

HIP 29838 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29838: right ascension 6h 16m 58s, declination −12° 14′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 29838. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29838, HD 43687, Gaia DR3 3000656125141185024. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.