Its story

HIP 31616 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31616: right ascension 6h 37m 2s, declination +33° 38′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Gemini constellation (IAU figure Gem).

HIP 31616. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31616, HD 46840, Gaia DR3 941395434728842112. In the SkyKeepsake Gemini (Gem) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.