Its story

HIP 31241 has a visual magnitude of about 6.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31241: right ascension 6h 33m 10s, declination −38° 37′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 31241. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31241, HD 46727, Gaia DR3 5573958979943584000. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.