Its story

HIP 31997 has a visual magnitude of about 7.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31997: right ascension 6h 41m 10s, declination +32° 24′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Gemini constellation (IAU figure Gem).

HIP 31997. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31997, HD 47649, Gaia DR3 938037801095433216. In the SkyKeepsake Gemini (Gem) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.