Its story

HIP 31020 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31020: right ascension 6h 30m 33s, declination −12° 4′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31020. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31020, HD 46034, Gaia DR3 3000182476152730240. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.