Its story

HIP 31980 has a visual magnitude of about 7.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31980: right ascension 6h 40m 60s, declination +64° 59′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 31980. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31980, HD 46962, Gaia DR3 1103573365465443200. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.