Its story

HIP 30851 has a visual magnitude of about 8.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30851: right ascension 6h 28m 43s, declination −28° 14′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 30851. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30851, HD 45862, Gaia DR3 2898645085585482752. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.