Its story

HIP 31381 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 31381: right ascension 6h 34m 46s, declination −62° 33′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 31381. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31381, HD 47520, Gaia DR3 5477469619061295104. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.