Its story

HIP 31215 has a visual magnitude of about 7.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31215: right ascension 6h 32m 53s, declination +58° 44′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 31215. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31215, HD 45742, Gaia DR3 1004485308850439808. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.