Its story

HIP 46988 has a visual magnitude of about 6.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46988: right ascension 9h 34m 38s, declination −16° 22′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 46988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46988, HD 82927, Gaia DR3 5688100175374977408. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.