Its story

HIP 31855 has a visual magnitude of about 7.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31855: right ascension 6h 39m 35s, declination −10° 53′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 31855. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31855, HD 47713, Gaia DR3 2953796966795101696. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.