Its story

HIP 6030 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 6030: right ascension 1h 17m 28s, declination −60° 55′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 6030. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6030, Gaia DR3 4716498652268558336. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.