Its story

HIP 30499 has a visual magnitude of about 7.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30499: right ascension 6h 24m 42s, declination +35° 8′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 30499. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30499, HD 44695, Gaia DR3 942665576817331200. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.