Its story

HIP 30042 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 30042: right ascension 6h 19m 18s, declination −12° 31′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 30042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30042, HD 44080, Gaia DR3 3000668494647307776. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.