Its story

HIP 31010 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31010: right ascension 6h 30m 27s, declination −3° 1′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 31010. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31010, HD 45974, Gaia DR3 3117100419479609216. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.