Its story

HIP 47131 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47131: right ascension 9h 36m 15s, declination −52° 32′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 47131. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47131, HD 83388, Gaia DR3 5312562975355731456. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.