Its story

HIP 30478 has a visual magnitude of about 7.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30478: right ascension 6h 24m 25s, declination −27° 18′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 30478. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30478, HD 45112, Gaia DR3 2898994902081285632. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.