Its story

HIP 46045 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46045: right ascension 9h 23m 25s, declination −48° 17′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46045. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46045, HD 81347, Gaia DR3 5326263233825416960. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.