Its story

HIP 30418 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30418: right ascension 6h 23m 45s, declination −37° 0′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 30418. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30418, HD 45098, Gaia DR3 5575135831046011520. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.