Its story

HIP 31787 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 31787: right ascension 6h 38m 48s, declination +6° 54′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 31787. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31787, HD 47417, Gaia DR3 3133506369917164160. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.