Its story

HIP 31009 has a visual magnitude of about 7.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31009: right ascension 6h 30m 27s, declination +55° 41′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 31009. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31009, HD 45411, Gaia DR3 997726782672925568. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.