Its story

HIP 30880 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 30880: right ascension 6h 28m 56s, declination +26° 58′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Gemini constellation (IAU figure Gem).

HIP 30880. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30880, HD 45504, Gaia DR3 3432423999088061568. In the SkyKeepsake Gemini (Gem) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.