Its story

HIP 30038 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30038: right ascension 6h 19m 15s, declination −69° 47′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Mensa constellation (IAU figure Men).

HIP 30038. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30038, HD 45080, Gaia DR3 5279497362167285376. In the SkyKeepsake Mensa (Men) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.