Its story

HIP 30974 has a visual magnitude of about 8.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30974: right ascension 6h 30m 4s, declination +38° 57′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 30974. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30974, HD 45562, Gaia DR3 955591160635200000. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.