Its story

HIP 46244 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46244: right ascension 9h 25m 39s, declination −40° 18′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46244. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46244, HD 81634, Gaia DR3 5429287267191142656. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.