Its story

HIP 30171 has a visual magnitude of about 7.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30171: right ascension 6h 20m 56s, declination −16° 59′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 30171. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30171, HD 44396, Gaia DR3 2944424523518280192. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.