Its story

HIP 46648 has a visual magnitude of about 6.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46648: right ascension 9h 30m 41s, declination −4° 3′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 46648. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46648, HD 82229, Gaia DR3 3825531051335149568. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.