Its story

HIP 30442 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 30442: right ascension 6h 23m 60s, declination +75° 39′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 30442. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30442, HD 43243, Gaia DR3 1116021486359324288. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.