Its story

HIP 30706 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30706: right ascension 6h 27m 8s, declination −37° 53′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 30706. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30706, HD 45680, Gaia DR3 5574274952097988352. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.