Its story

HIP 31424 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 31424: right ascension 6h 35m 6s, declination +37° 3′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 31424. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31424, HD 46451, Gaia DR3 943160116530409344. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.