Its story

HIP 30540 has a visual magnitude of about 6.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30540: right ascension 6h 25m 13s, declination +32° 16′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Gemini constellation (IAU figure Gem).

HIP 30540. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30540, HD 44794, Gaia DR3 3439347933045738368. In the SkyKeepsake Gemini (Gem) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.