Its story

HIP 31180 has a visual magnitude of about 7.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31180: right ascension 6h 32m 35s, declination −23° 11′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31180. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31180, Gaia DR3 2924870636931653632. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.