Its story

HIP 31398 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31398: right ascension 6h 34m 54s, declination −30° 5′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31398. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31398, HD 46971, Gaia DR3 2894485530018429056. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.