Its story

HIP 31758 has a visual magnitude of about 6.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31758: right ascension 6h 38m 35s, declination −16° 52′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31758. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31758, HD 47561, Gaia DR3 2946813453049392768. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.