Its story

HIP 31816 has a visual magnitude of about 7.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31816: right ascension 6h 39m 6s, declination +31° 45′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Gemini constellation (IAU figure Gem).

HIP 31816. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31816, HD 47255, Gaia DR3 937896204613394432. In the SkyKeepsake Gemini (Gem) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.