Its story

HIP 31683 has a visual magnitude of about 6.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31683: right ascension 6h 37m 44s, declination −17° 0′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31683. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31683, HD 47404, Gaia DR3 2946804897474687360. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.