Its story

HIP 30242 has a visual magnitude of about 7.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30242: right ascension 6h 21m 44s, declination +79° 46′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 30242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30242, HD 42172, Gaia DR3 1141431887271526400. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.