Its story

HIP 30976 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30976: right ascension 6h 30m 5s, declination −28° 39′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 30976. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30976, HD 46094, Gaia DR3 2895617236720844800. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.