Its story

HIP 31026 has a visual magnitude of about 8.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31026: right ascension 6h 30m 37s, declination −30° 1′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31026. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31026, Gaia DR3 2894911212816886272. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.