Its story

HIP 31988 has a visual magnitude of about 8.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31988: right ascension 6h 41m 4s, declination +31° 21′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Gemini constellation (IAU figure Gem).

HIP 31988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31988, HD 47650, Gaia DR3 937114142607746304. In the SkyKeepsake Gemini (Gem) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.