Its story

HIP 46874 has a visual magnitude of about 6.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46874: right ascension 9h 33m 8s, declination −39° 7′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46874. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46874, HD 82785, Gaia DR3 5426821749801748864. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.