Its story

HIP 31961 has a visual magnitude of about 7.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31961: right ascension 6h 40m 47s, declination +56° 53′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 31961. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31961, HD 47171, Gaia DR3 1001029475084341504. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.