Its story

HIP 30599 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30599: right ascension 6h 25m 50s, declination −38° 56′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 30599. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30599, HD 45481, Gaia DR3 5574065976169052416. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.