Its story

HIP 29688 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29688: right ascension 6h 15m 16s, declination +31° 28′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Gemini constellation (IAU figure Gem).

HIP 29688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29688, HD 42980, Gaia DR3 3438139088730707968. In the SkyKeepsake Gemini (Gem) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.