Its story

HIP 22971 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 22971: right ascension 4h 56m 35s, declination −43° 25′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Caelum constellation (IAU figure Cae).

HIP 22971. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 22971, HD 31790, Gaia DR3 4811766799330834048. In the SkyKeepsake Caelum (Cae) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.