Its story

HIP 29718 has a visual magnitude of about 8.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29718: right ascension 6h 15m 35s, declination +45° 36′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 29718. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29718, HD 42892, Gaia DR3 962535504277457664. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.