Its story

HIP 31743 has a visual magnitude of about 8.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31743: right ascension 6h 38m 26s, declination +44° 18′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 31743. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31743, HD 46981, Gaia DR3 964300289158707584. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.