Its story

HIP 30431 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30431: right ascension 6h 23m 54s, declination −0° 1′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 30431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30431, HD 44815, Gaia DR3 3120229148535939584. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.