Its story

HIP 46642 has a visual magnitude of about 7.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46642: right ascension 9h 30m 38s, declination +44° 46′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 46642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46642, HD 81995, Gaia DR3 818089328840449664. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.