Its story

HIP 31131 has a visual magnitude of about 6.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31131: right ascension 6h 31m 56s, declination −18° 3′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31131. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31131, HD 46308, Gaia DR3 2940636293644354048. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.