Its story

HIP 23286 has a visual magnitude of about 6.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23286: right ascension 5h 0m 34s, declination +14° 23′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 23286. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23286, HD 31966, Gaia DR3 3392510077730740480. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.