Its story

HIP 30909 has a visual magnitude of about 6.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30909: right ascension 6h 29m 15s, declination −8° 6′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 30909. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30909, HD 45804, Gaia DR3 3006727147315300736. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.