Its story

HIP 46709 has a visual magnitude of about 6.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46709: right ascension 9h 31m 19s, declination −47° 57′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46709. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46709, HD 82578, Gaia DR3 5410377041586143232. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.