Its story

HIP 46517 has a visual magnitude of about 6.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46517: right ascension 9h 29m 16s, declination −38° 24′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46517. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46517, HD 82165, Gaia DR3 5429897771019708672. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.