Its story

HIP 30863 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 30863: right ascension 6h 28m 47s, declination −0° 34′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 30863. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30863, HD 45674, Gaia DR3 3119928088506688128. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.