Its story

HIP 30288 has a visual magnitude of about 7.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30288: right ascension 6h 22m 16s, declination −26° 16′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 30288. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30288, HD 44736, Gaia DR3 2899881417691154432. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.