Its story

HIP 30873 has a visual magnitude of about 7.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30873: right ascension 6h 28m 52s, declination −45° 46′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 30873. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30873, HD 46068, Gaia DR3 5556371771763992576. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.