Its story

HIP 31488 has a visual magnitude of about 7.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31488: right ascension 6h 35m 41s, declination +9° 51′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 31488. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31488, HD 46783, Gaia DR3 3326877514251606528. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.