Its story

HIP 31654 has a visual magnitude of about 8.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31654: right ascension 6h 37m 30s, declination −25° 9′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 31654. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31654, HD 47424, Gaia DR3 2923500611083460096. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.