How to see it
HIP 29502 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 29502: right ascension 6h 12m 58s, declination +7° 16′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).
Catalog context
HIP 29502. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29502, HD 42773, Gaia DR3 3325162928944374528. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3325162928944374528
- HIP
- 29502
- HD
- 42773
- gaia_dr3
- 3325162928944374528
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.40