Its story

HIP 30604 has a visual magnitude of about 6.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30604: right ascension 6h 25m 58s, declination −35° 20′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 30604. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30604, HD 45459, Gaia DR3 5581483797006435712. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.