Its story

HIP 30493 has a visual magnitude of about 6.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30493: right ascension 6h 24m 34s, declination −1° 25′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 30493. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30493, HD 44948, Gaia DR3 3118345994355109376. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.