Its story

HIP 23117 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23117: right ascension 4h 58m 29s, declination +37° 19′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 23117. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23117, HD 31550, Gaia DR3 198723949197080192. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.