Its story

HIP 30938 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30938: right ascension 6h 29m 37s, declination −3° 33′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 30938. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30938, HD 45831, Gaia DR3 3105047366858282368. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.