Its story

HIP 31023 has a visual magnitude of about 7.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31023: right ascension 6h 30m 34s, declination +52° 48′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 31023. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31023, HD 45465, Gaia DR3 992859004178594304. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.