Its story

HIP 46879 has a visual magnitude of about 6.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46879: right ascension 9h 33m 11s, declination +45° 30′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 46879. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46879, HD 82408, Gaia DR3 818240511689396480. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.