Its story

HIP 30870 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30870: right ascension 6h 28m 51s, declination −38° 18′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 30870. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30870, HD 45963, Gaia DR3 5574200666343671808. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.