Its story

HIP 31473 has a visual magnitude of about 7.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31473: right ascension 6h 35m 33s, declination +76° 51′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 31473. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31473, HD 45161, Gaia DR3 1116520836437375872. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.