Its story

HIP 23186 has a visual magnitude of about 7.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23186: right ascension 4h 59m 21s, declination +43° 19′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 23186. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23186, HD 31617, Gaia DR3 205108813221070208. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.