Its story

HIP 30238 has a visual magnitude of about 6.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30238: right ascension 6h 21m 42s, declination −8° 14′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 30238. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30238, HD 44480, Gaia DR3 3006498758131571072. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.