Its story

HIP 46238 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 46238: right ascension 9h 25m 37s, declination −25° 20′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 46238. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46238, HD 81542, Gaia DR3 5662243059208801280. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.