Its story

HIP 46149 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46149: right ascension 9h 24m 42s, declination +17° 42′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 46149. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46149, HD 81193, Gaia DR3 632245265013093120. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.