Its story

HIP 31851 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 31851: right ascension 6h 39m 33s, declination −11° 41′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31851. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31851, HD 47714, Gaia DR3 2953672481463907840. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.