Its story

HIP 46983 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46983: right ascension 9h 34m 33s, declination −3° 29′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 46983. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46983, HD 82842, Gaia DR3 3825482019988344192. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.