Its story

HIP 31288 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31288: right ascension 6h 33m 42s, declination +39° 26′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 31288. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31288, HD 46157, Gaia DR3 957097010528050048. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.