Its story

HIP 30468 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30468: right ascension 6h 24m 21s, declination −12° 57′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 30468. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30468, HD 44996, Gaia DR3 2999665877484947456. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.