Its story

HIP 31620 has a visual magnitude of about 6.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31620: right ascension 6h 37m 3s, declination −41° 14′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 31620. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31620, HD 47517, Gaia DR3 5569679749408333056. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.