Its story

HIP 31309 has a visual magnitude of about 7.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31309: right ascension 6h 33m 58s, declination +52° 27′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 31309. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31309, HD 46048, Gaia DR3 992777434159307904. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.