Its story

HIP 30461 has a visual magnitude of about 6.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30461: right ascension 6h 24m 13s, declination −26° 26′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 30461. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30461, HD 45074, Gaia DR3 2899820257357047808. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.