Its story

HIP 46236 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46236: right ascension 9h 25m 36s, declination −53° 15′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46236. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46236, HD 81734, Gaia DR3 5312285623555090048. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.