Its story

HIP 22685 has a visual magnitude of about 8.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 22685: right ascension 4h 52m 42s, declination +8° 21′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 22685. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 22685, HD 31002, Gaia DR3 3289550812474751488. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.