Its story

HIP 31255 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 31255: right ascension 6h 33m 20s, declination +47° 13′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 31255. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31255, HD 46014, Gaia DR3 967224680850673152. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.