Its story

HIP 30503 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 30503: right ascension 6h 24m 44s, declination −28° 46′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 30503. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30503, HD 45184, Gaia DR3 2898239468873596800. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.