Its story

HIP 31066 has a visual magnitude of about 6.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31066: right ascension 6h 31m 10s, declination +11° 15′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 31066. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31066, HD 45995, Gaia DR3 3328013928239036032. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.