Its story

HIP 46526 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46526: right ascension 9h 29m 22s, declination −43° 11′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46526. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46526, HD 82224, Gaia DR3 5425714782112902272. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.