Its story

HIP 23240 has a visual magnitude of about 7.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23240: right ascension 5h 0m 2s, declination +43° 59′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 23240. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23240, HD 31691, Gaia DR3 205191345311751936. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.