Its story

HIP 29471 has a visual magnitude of about 8.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29471: right ascension 6h 12m 32s, declination −22° 22′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 29471. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29471, HD 42916, Gaia DR3 2913758422666226688. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.