Its story

HIP 46348 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 46348: right ascension 9h 26m 59s, declination −48° 41′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46348. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46348, HD 81921, Gaia DR3 5314221313759177216. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.