How to see it
HIP 29040 has a visual magnitude of about 6.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29040: right ascension 6h 7m 36s, declination +10° 27′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).
Catalog context
HIP 29040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29040, HD 41790, Gaia DR3 3330149656559801728. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3330149656559801728
- HIP
- 29040
- HD
- 41790
- gaia_dr3
- 3330149656559801728
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.38