Its story

HIP 31976 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 31976: right ascension 6h 40m 57s, declination −12° 10′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31976. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31976, HD 48038, Gaia DR3 2953449967797004928. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.