Its story

HIP 30918 has a visual magnitude of about 8.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30918: right ascension 6h 29m 21s, declination −17° 48′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 30918. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30918, HD 45889, Gaia DR3 2943702006941143552. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.