Its story

HIP 46443 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 46443: right ascension 9h 28m 21s, declination −9° 59′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 46443. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46443, HD 81902, Gaia DR3 5741076363587995904. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.