Its story

HIP 46204 has a visual magnitude of about 6.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46204: right ascension 9h 25m 15s, declination −46° 56′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46204. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46204, HD 81621, Gaia DR3 5422454249101813248. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.