Its story

HIP 46712 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46712: right ascension 9h 31m 20s, declination −24° 20′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 46712. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46712, HD 82432, Gaia DR3 5662410326710758016. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.