Its story

HIP 30476 has a visual magnitude of about 6.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30476: right ascension 6h 24m 24s, declination −42° 50′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 30476. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30476, HD 45289, Gaia DR3 5569858798004394624. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.