Its story

HIP 30338 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30338: right ascension 6h 22m 54s, declination −33° 36′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 30338. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30338, HD 44896, Gaia DR3 2891763860781890176. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.