Its story

HIP 46558 has a visual magnitude of about 6.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46558: right ascension 9h 29m 40s, declination −26° 35′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 46558. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46558, HD 82161, Gaia DR3 5637290059431301504. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.