Its story

HIP 30085 has a visual magnitude of about 7.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30085: right ascension 6h 19m 51s, declination −39° 28′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 30085. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30085, HD 44403, Gaia DR3 5573720282841374720. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.