Its story

HIP 30542 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30542: right ascension 6h 25m 13s, declination +11° 41′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 30542. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30542, HD 44965, Gaia DR3 3331264977964582400. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.