Its story

HIP 31501 has a visual magnitude of about 8.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31501: right ascension 6h 35m 50s, declination +49° 52′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 31501. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31501, HD 46397, Gaia DR3 967962311417860096. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.