Its story

HIP 30731 has a visual magnitude of about 8.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30731: right ascension 6h 27m 23s, declination −19° 1′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 30731. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30731, Gaia DR3 2940173016992087552. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.