Its story

HIP 46435 has a visual magnitude of about 6.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46435: right ascension 9h 28m 13s, declination −7° 43′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 46435. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46435, HD 81884, Gaia DR3 5745010656710396544. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.