Its story

HIP 46963 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46963: right ascension 9h 34m 19s, declination +46° 54′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 46963. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46963, HD 82582, Gaia DR3 824554285413021440. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.