Its story

HIP 46311 has a visual magnitude of about 7.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46311: right ascension 9h 26m 38s, declination +16° 41′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 46311. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46311, HD 81540, Gaia DR3 631383939386736640. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.