Its story

HIP 31195 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31195: right ascension 6h 32m 40s, declination −5° 20′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 31195. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31195, HD 46340, Gaia DR3 3103487881408562176. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.