Its story

HIP 31040 has a visual magnitude of about 7.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31040: right ascension 6h 30m 47s, declination −3° 42′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 31040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31040, HD 46021, Gaia DR3 3104982255154817024. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.