Its story

HIP 30973 has a visual magnitude of about 6.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30973: right ascension 6h 30m 3s, declination −65° 34′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 30973. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30973, HD 46730, Gaia DR3 5284477290843020288. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.