Its story

HIP 46342 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46342: right ascension 9h 26m 53s, declination −54° 21′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 46342. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46342, HD 81949, Gaia DR3 5310505651653570176. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.