Its story

HIP 46290 has a visual magnitude of about 6.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46290: right ascension 9h 26m 25s, declination −42° 15′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46290. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46290, HD 81782, Gaia DR3 5426005220682750080. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.