Its story

HIP 31746 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31746: right ascension 6h 38m 26s, declination −53° 39′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 31746. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31746, HD 48046, Gaia DR3 5498269454184344576. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.