Its story

HIP 23223 has a visual magnitude of about 8.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23223: right ascension 4h 59m 51s, declination −5° 9′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 23223. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23223, HD 31983, Gaia DR3 3212261325499828224. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.