Its story

HIP 31206 has a visual magnitude of about 7.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31206: right ascension 6h 32m 48s, declination −17° 42′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31206. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31206, HD 46459, Gaia DR3 2940784177958806528. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.