Its story

HIP 46630 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46630: right ascension 9h 30m 33s, declination −45° 34′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46630. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46630, HD 82436, Gaia DR3 5423006169580623232. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.