Its story

HIP 46297 has a visual magnitude of about 6.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46297: right ascension 9h 26m 28s, declination −40° 30′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46297. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46297, HD 81780, Gaia DR3 5429266857506771968. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.