Its story

HIP 46609 has a visual magnitude of about 6.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46609: right ascension 9h 30m 14s, declination −24° 16′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 46609. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46609, HD 82234, Gaia DR3 5662421218747851904. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.