Its story

HIP 46725 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46725: right ascension 9h 31m 28s, declination −12° 3′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 46725. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46725, HD 82412, Gaia DR3 5738344386430653440. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.