Its story

HIP 46208 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46208: right ascension 9h 25m 17s, declination −65° 16′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 46208. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46208, HD 81870, Gaia DR3 5248547724751016832. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.