Its story

HIP 46581 has a visual magnitude of about 7.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46581: right ascension 9h 29m 56s, declination +33° 33′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 46581. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46581, HD 81964, Gaia DR3 701345142708807680. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.