Its story

HIP 31842 has a visual magnitude of about 7.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31842: right ascension 6h 39m 27s, declination −12° 2′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31842. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31842, HD 47690, Gaia DR3 2953469926506276352. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.