Its story

HIP 47031 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47031: right ascension 9h 35m 7s, declination −5° 22′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 47031. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47031, HD 82958, Gaia DR3 3824039873049708032. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.