Its story

HIP 31053 has a visual magnitude of about 7.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31053: right ascension 6h 30m 58s, declination +21° 48′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Gemini constellation (IAU figure Gem).

HIP 31053. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31053, HD 45879, Gaia DR3 3376179684361870336. In the SkyKeepsake Gemini (Gem) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.