Its story

HIP 29242 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29242: right ascension 6h 9m 57s, declination +34° 8′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 29242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29242, HD 42012, Gaia DR3 3452333199728743936. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.