Its story

HIP 30680 has a visual magnitude of about 7.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30680: right ascension 6h 26m 50s, declination −31° 52′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 30680. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30680, HD 45552, Gaia DR3 2892399653381209088. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.