Its story

HIP 29961 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29961: right ascension 6h 18m 26s, declination −1° 7′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 29961. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29961, Gaia DR3 3118558676836106240. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.