Its story

HIP 30408 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30408: right ascension 6h 23m 39s, declination +40° 31′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 30408. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30408, HD 44413, Gaia DR3 956697475490152320. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.