Its story

HIP 30497 has a visual magnitude of about 6.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30497: right ascension 6h 24m 39s, declination +35° 15′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 30497. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30497, HD 44694, Gaia DR3 942678977114784384. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.