Its story

HIP 31748 has a visual magnitude of about 8.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31748: right ascension 6h 38m 28s, declination +52° 0′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 31748. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31748, HD 46838, Gaia DR3 992562651435271680. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.